Suquamish Veterans Memorial

Navy veteran Bob Sison, from the Nisqually Tribe, came Saturday to Suquamish to help dedicate the Suquamish Veterans Memorial. Sison served on the USS J.P. Kennedy. The dedication ceremony was followed by a Pow Wow in the House of Awakened Culture in downtown Suquamish. (STEVE ZUGSCHWERDT | FOR THE KITSAP SUN)

Suquamish military veteran Tom Adams was part of the 21-gun salute at Saturday’s dedicaton ceremony for the Suquamish Veterans Memorial. (STEVE ZUGSCHWERDT | FOR THE KITSAP SUN)

Army veteran Sidney Williams came from Tacoma to participate in Saturday’s dedication ceremony for the Suquamish Veterans Memorial held Saturday morning in Suquamish. (STEVE ZUGSCHWERDT | FOR THE KITSAP SUN)

Suquamish drummers opened Saturday morning’s dedication ceremony for the new Suquamish Veterans Memorial. (STEVE ZUGSCHWERDT | FOR THE KITSAP SUN)

Air Force Veteran Joe Lewis of Mulkiteo, who served from 1956 to 1960, lent his support for the dedication of the new Suquamish Veterans Memorial held Saturday in Suquamish. (STEVE ZUGSCHWERDT | FOR THE KITSAP SUN)

Naval Base Kitsap Commander Captain Mark Olson talks with Army vet Robert George, a Suquamish tribal elder who was in attendance at the Saturday dedication of the Suquamish Veterans Memorial. (STEVE ZUGSCHWERDT | FOR THE KITSAP SUN)